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County to hold parenting seminar over Zoom
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County to hold parenting seminar over Zoom

A local organization hopes to make parenting easier by offering a seminar next month featuring a Hillsdale-based therapist. Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness of Hillsdale will offer a multi-day workshop with local therapist and parenting specialist Allie VanSickle on Feb. 6, 13, and 20 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The workshop will take place...

Fix the A.J.’s coffee problem with Ad Astra
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Fix the A.J.’s coffee problem with Ad Astra

A.J.’s Cafe should ad a little astra to the menu.  The campus coffee shop we all love brings friends together, stress levels lower, and assignment completion further. What it doesn’t do, however, is offer a good cup of coffee. And that’s because it comes from overpriced, overroasted, and overrated Zingerman’s Coffee Company.  To remedy this...

Twitter, Google: Arbiters of free speech?
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Twitter, Google: Arbiters of free speech?

When Twitter permanently suspended then-President Donald Trump’s account on Jan. 8, one truth became evident: Big Tech has monopolistic power over the public forum in America. The ensuing crackdown on thousands of accounts following Trump’s removal saw non-establishment thinkers and groups, both conservative and progressive, removed from the main platforms of communication.  Anyone outside of...

Drug addiction at the atomic level: Chem prof talks dopamine studies
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Drug addiction at the atomic level: Chem prof talks dopamine studies

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Kelli Kazmier presented her research on drug addiction at the atomic level last Thursday as a part of Mossey Library’s “Our Faculty’s Ongoing Research” lecture series.  Kazmier spoke on her findings pertaining to drug addiction and its effect on the human body. Specifically, the way drugs impact dopamine levels in the...

Harris’ to-do list should worry Americans
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Harris’ to-do list should worry Americans

When President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took their oaths of office yesterday, they stepped into the two most important, stressful, and powerful jobs in the nation. Upon finishing the words, “So help me God,” the duo obtained the power to alter international relations, increase spending, intrude on the constitutional rights of citizens,...